# NHL: February 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 2, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152 "2013-02-02T22:10:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/61 "2013-02-16T01:47:40Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Cooke was the one kicked out, however. Neil was not, despite sucker punching a guy who didn’t fight back. For the third time now, Neil was kicked out of the game. He recieved a game misconduct at 17:54 of the third period. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/62 "2013-02-16T02:10:15Z")
Sorry, I looked it up – I thought he only got two minutes. You were right. Mea culpa. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/63 "2013-02-16T04:27:46Z")
Eh…who gives a shit. Chicago Blackhawks are 11-0-3. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/64 "2013-02-16T05:43:11Z")
We were soooo close to a shut-out tonight! Fleury would’ve broken Barrasso’s record, and he’d have another franchise record. (He has the most wins of any goalie in Pens history) Dan Bylsma also had his four-year anniversary today. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/65 "2013-02-16T14:32:22Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Eh…who gives a shit. Chicago Blackhawks are 11-0-3. 😉 It’s kind of hard to verify this for sure because the NHL is the only league I can think of where losing doesn’t necessarily mean you lose, but I believe the record for the most games to start a season without losing in regulation time is 15, by the 1984-85 Oilers. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/66 "2013-02-17T21:01:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s kind of hard to verify this for sure because the NHL is the only league I can think of where losing doesn’t necessarily mean you lose, but I believe the record for the most games to start a season without losing in regulation time is 15, by the 1984-85 Oilers. They just showed the state during the current Blackhawks game. The oilers are second with 15, the Ducks fro 2006 are first at 16 games. The Blackhawks are tied for third with the '43 (?) Canadians. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/67 "2013-02-17T21:54:59Z")
Woohoo! Comcast in the Detroit area finally got CBC HD. I no longer have to choose between crappy ass announcers and crappy ass"where the hell is the puck" video for some games. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/68 "2013-02-18T02:51:28Z")
And the Hawks make it 15 without losing in regulation, beating LA. Now 12-0-3. They’re already eleven points above the playoff cut, are averaging a goal differential of 1.3 goals per game, and the 3 losses they do have, it should be pointed out, were all in the shootout - they haven’t actually lost a game playing _hockey_. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/69 "2013-02-18T05:44:49Z")
12-0-3 **Blackhawks close in on season-opening points mark** [Chicago is one away from the tying the league record set by Anaheim in 2006-07 and will try to match the mark on Tuesday when it hosts Vancouver.](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/gameflash/2013/02/17/30667_recap.html) ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/70 "2013-02-18T18:08:25Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Lemieux hasn’t said anything – usually Shero’s the one who speaks for him. I haven’t read anything yet. (Mario rarely speaks to the media – even in his playing days he had a reputation for being an extremely private individual) Usually. Except when it’s his team on the wrong side of things. [How quickly we forget](http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/penguins/lemieux-rips-nhl-response-to-friday-night-fights-284575/). > [@](#): > > And I’m the one who’s biased? Everyone’s all, “Of COURSE it was on purpose! It was MATT COOKE!!!” Several of you even admitted that you’d give someone else the benefit of the doubt. Well yes, you’re quick to blindly jump to the defense of anything Pittsburgh, but that’s not what I was saying. I was talking about your confirmation bias–the tendency by people to only notice and/or remember things that support their beliefs–which in this case is that you seem to believe most people have a bias against the Penguins and only ever call for action against them. Without delving into the psychology of that paranoia (here’s a tip: when it seems like everyone is ganging up on something you favor and you find yourself frequently defending it from all sides, it’s almost assuredly because everyone else is right and your loyalty is blinding you to the truth), the simple truth is that there have been several calls for action against players around here who aren’t named Matt Cooke. > [@](#): > > My point about Shanahan is, he has no love for Cooke. And my point about Shanahan is that he’s already demonstrated that he won’t always do the right thing, so pointing to his action or inaction as justification for something is not evidence of anything. ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/71 "2013-02-18T20:42:25Z")
I’M sooooo excited. My boss just gave me tickets for tonight’s game Habs vs. Hurricanes. Even though Price is not the starting goalie and that idiot White is back in the lineup, hope he cleans up his act. And they are excellent tickets… I can’t wait 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/72 "2013-02-18T21:11:22Z")
> [@jools](#): > > I’M sooooo excited. > > My boss just gave me tickets for tonight’s game Habs vs. Hurricanes. Even though Price is not the starting goalie and that idiot White is back in the lineup, hope he cleans up his act. > > And they are excellent tickets… I can’t wait 🙂 Sweet! Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/73 "2013-02-19T19:37:12Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > He lifted his leg unnecessarily. No one but Matt Cooke knows what his full intent was, but there was clearly an intent to do _something_. I was listening to Phil Esposito and Scott Laughlin on XM92 yesterday and they covered the whole gamut about Cooke’s history and his play style. They noted that he brings his foot off the ice OFTEN when he checks, so they seriously doubt the intent to injure. But they do take umbrage against the NHLPA for not stepping up to enforce the players to wear more protective gear (like kevlar socks). Esposito even went as far as to say that players of his era always taped down the tongue of the skateboot back and around the back of the skate because slashing the achilles (with the stick) was very rampant in his playing days, and if you want to be an effective player, you had to take the time to wear the right type of gear to protect your self from intentional plays AND unintentional plays. In no way am I blaming Carlsson for not protecting himself adequately, but the NHLPA should be at least addressing this league-wide in order to protect their players. I trust Esposito’s commentary that the incident was unintentional through his own rationale as a former player…not just a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/74 "2013-02-19T20:10:07Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > I’m just happy the Caps are no longer the worst team in the league. I’m afraid it’s going to be a long short season… If the Caps finish last and draft either Jones, Nicushkin or MacKinnon that would be fine by me. Or if they make it to the playoffs and have a mighty good run at the Finals that would be fine by me, too. Just don’t be middlin. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/75 "2013-02-20T15:48:12Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > 12-0-3 > > **Blackhawks close in on season-opening points mark** 13-0-3, baby! But they had to make it interesting there at the end, didn’t they? Vancouver-Blackhawks is always a fun game. ---
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/76 "2013-02-20T19:58:13Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > 13-0-3, baby! But they had to make it interesting there at the end, didn’t they? Vancouver-Blackhawks is always a fun game. It was especially nice to see Ryan Kesler fail under the pressure of the final shootout attempt. And to see him called for the dive in the 2nd. What a punk. That shot on Hossa was typical Vancouver. Hanson should be suspended. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/77 "2013-02-22T02:48:41Z")
Now Craig Anderson’s injured. You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/78 "2013-02-22T03:30:17Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Now Craig Anderson’s injured. You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. How has Ben Bishop looked? The stat line looked pretty good against the Devils. I have Anderson in my $$$ fantasy league, so I immediately grabbed Bishop since there isn’t much else available. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/79 "2013-02-22T04:09:09Z")
Well that sucked. Checkers lost to the Atlantapeg ThrashJets. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152/80 "2013-02-22T15:38:22Z")
If it weren’t for bad luck, the Sens wouldn’t have any at all this year. They’ve still plugged along nicely, all things considered, but eventually all of these injuries are going to catch up to them. Losing Anderson for any amount of time is a huge blow because I don’t think Bishop is ready to be the #1 and that’s shaping up to be a very rough division. Last night was not a good night for injuries. Taylor Hall to have a phone hearing today about his knee-on-knee hit on Clutterbuck which, to me, doesn’t seem like enough. Have to imagine the target of his hit has a lot to do with that. We’ll see where the Wheel of Justice stops. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-february-2013/649152.md?page=5)